Inventing Atmospheric Science
Bjerknes, Rossby, Wexler, and the Foundations of Modern Meteorology
How scientists used transformative new technologies to understand the complexities of weather and the atmosphere, told through the intertwined careers of three key figures.The goal of meteorology is to portray everything atmospheric, everywhere, always,” declared John Bellamy and Harry Wexler in 1960, soon after the successful launch of TIROS 1, the first weather satellite. Throughout the twentieth century, meteorological researchers have had global ambitions, incorporating technological advances into their scientific study as they worked to link theory with practice. Wireless telegraphy, radio, aviation, nuclear tracers, rockets, digital com…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-262-53631-8
- EAN: 9780262536318
- Produktnummer: 27009659
- Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 306 S.
- Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.1 cm x D1.8 cm 440 g
- Abbildungen: 35 b 70 Illustrations, unspecified
- Gewicht: 440
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James Rodger Fleming is Charles A. Dana Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Colby College.
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